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2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Tournament details
Host countries	First round: Uzbekistan (Group A) Myanmar (Group B) Nepal (Group C) Thailand (Group D) Tajikistan (Group E) Lebanon (Group F) Kyrgyzstan (Group G) Second round: Australia (Group A) China (Group B) Uzbekistan (Group C)
Dates	First round: 1–11 April 2023 Second round: 26 October – 1 November 2023 Third round: 24 & 28 February 2024
Teams	31 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	183 (3.98 per match)
Attendance	290,760 (6,321 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva (9 goals)
← 2020 2028 → All statistics correct as of 28 February 2024.

The 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the sixth edition of the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine which women's national teams from Asia qualify for the Olympic football tournament.

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in France as AFC representatives.

Format

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 31 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage. The format is as follows:

• First round: The five highest-ranked teams in the FIFA Women's World Rankings as of 9 December 2022, which were North Korea, Japan, Australia, China PR and South Korea, received byes to the second round. The remaining 26 teams were divided into five groups of four and two groups of three and compete in a one-round league format in a centralised venue. The winners of each group in this round then advanced to the second round.
• Second round: The twelve teams (five teams who entered this round and seven teams from the first round) will be drawn into three groups of four teams and compete in a one-round league format in a centralised venue. The three group winners and the best-ranked runners-up in this round will then advance to the third round.
• Third round: The four teams will play two pairs of home and away matches with the two eventual winners qualifying for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.

Teams

The draw for the first round was held on 12 January 2023, 15:00 MYT, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Five teams received a bye to the second round.

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the Olympics.
• Numbers in parentheses indicate the December 2022 FIFA Women's World Rankings (otherwise unranked).
• (H): Qualification first round group hosts (* all chosen as group hosts after the draw, the remaining group hosted at a neutral venue)
• (N): Not a member of the International Olympic Committee, ineligible for Olympics
• (W): Withdrew after draw

Did not enter

•  Laos (85)
•  Bahrain (86)
•  Malaysia (89)
•  Guam (94)
•  United Arab Emirates (114)
•  Cambodia (120)
•  Syria (157)
•  Brunei
•  Iraq
•  Kuwait
•  Macau (N)
•  Northern Mariana Islands (N)
•  Oman
•  Qatar
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Yemen

First round

The first round was played between 1–11 April 2023.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations article 13.2):

1. Goal difference in all group matches;
2. Goals scored in all group matches;
3. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
5. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
6. Disciplinary points (yellow card = −1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = −3 points, direct red card = −4 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = −5 points);
7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

• All matches were held in Uzbekistan.
• Times listed are UTC+5.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan (H)	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9	Second round
2	Bhutan	3	2	0	1	5	11	−6	6
3	Jordan	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	3
4	East Timor	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Jordan	3–1	East Timor
Al-Majali 45+3' (pen.) Jbarah 61' Abu-Sabbah 82'	Report	Nilda 90+5'

Uzbekistan	9–0	Bhutan
Khabibullaeva 2', 20', 45+1', 48', 73' Karachik 30' (pen.), 42' Norboeva 51' Shoyimova 90+1'	Report

Bhutan	2–1	Jordan
N. Dema 64' Rai 76'	Report	Jbarah 90+2' (pen.)

East Timor	0–3	Uzbekistan
	Report	Nabiqulova 59' Zoirova 70' Shoyimova 79'

East Timor	1–3	Bhutan
Godelivia 90+5'	Report	N. Dema 43', 67' J. Choden 75'

Uzbekistan	7–0	Jordan
Zoirova 9' Ablyakimova 18' Khabibullaeva 44', 49', 63' Kudratova 56', 58'	Report

Group B

• All matches were held in Myanmar.
• Times listed are UTC+6:30.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Second round
2	Myanmar (H)	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
4	Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Iran	1–0	Myanmar
Chatrenoor 52'	Report

Myanmar	1–1	Iran
Win Theingi Tun 57'	Report	Zandi 14'

Group C

• All matches were held in Nepal.
• Times listed are UTC+5:45.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Second round
2	Nepal (H)	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0
3	Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
4	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1. Afghanistan was withdrawn by the AFC. The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) released a statement that it would not permit players outside the country to represent them or intend to organize a women's national team contradicting a February 2023 social media post. The Afghanistan team was originally disbanded following the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

Nepal	1–5	Vietnam
Bhandari 79'	Report	Phạm Hải Yến 11' Huỳnh Như 36' (pen.), 48' Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy 38' Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nhã 90+1'

Vietnam	2–0	Nepal
Phạm Hải Yến 6', 7'	Report

Group D

• All matches were held in Thailand.
• Times listed are UTC+7:00.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	2	2	0	0	12	0	+12	6	Second round
2	Singapore	2	0	1	1	2	8	−6	1
3	Mongolia	2	0	1	1	2	8	−6	1
4	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Suspended

1. On 22 January 2023, FIFA announced the suspension of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) from 21 January 2023 until further notice.

Singapore	0–6	Thailand
	Report	Orapin 8' Pluemjai 21' Saowalak 58', 77' Jiraporn 65' Panittha 87'

Mongolia	2–2	Singapore
Namuunaa 3', 90+4'	Report	Tan 42' Izzati 79'

Thailand	6–0	Mongolia
Nutwadee 11' Pattaranan 16' Ploychompoo 27' Orawan 50' Jiraporn 69' (pen.), 90+1'	Report

Group E

• All matches were held in Tajikistan.
• Times listed are UTC+5:00.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Philippines	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Second round
2	Hong Kong	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Pakistan	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3
4	Tajikistan (H)	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

Philippines	4–0	Pakistan
Long 22' Bolden 26' Madarang 29' C. McDaniel 85'	Report

Hong Kong	3–0	Tajikistan
Khudododova 7' (o.g.) Sin Chung Yee 45+1' Halasan Tsang 88'	Report

Pakistan	0–2	Hong Kong
	Report	Chu Po Yan 73' Lau Yun Yi 90'

Tajikistan	0–8	Philippines
	Report	Harrison 26' Annis 28' Frilles 31' Quezada 35' Serrano 38' Alcantara 45+3' C. McDaniel 60', 89'

Philippines	4–0	Hong Kong
Bolden 5', 41' Serrano 44' Quezada 53'	Report

Tajikistan	0–1	Pakistan
	Report	Malik 26'

Group F

• All matches were held in Lebanon.
• Times listed are UTC+3:00.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6	Second round
2	Lebanon (H)	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	3
3	Indonesia	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Lebanon	1–5	Chinese Taipei
Khoury 9'	Report	Hsu Yi-yun 26' Chang Su-hsin 30', 45' Ting Chi 32', 90+4'

Indonesia	0–5	Lebanon
	Report	Iskandar 29', 79' Khoury 45+2' (pen.) Bou Rada 59' (pen.) Maalouf 69'

Chinese Taipei	4–0	Indonesia
Wang Hsiang-huei 7' Hsu Yi-yun 35' Chere 87' (o.g.) Wu Kai-ching 90'	Report

Group G

• All matches were held in Kyrgyzstan.
• Times listed are UTC+6:00.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	6	Second round
2	Kyrgyzstan (H)	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0
3	Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Kyrgyzstan	0–5	India
	Report	Tamang 6', 42' Guguloth 45+3' Hemam 61' Gour 63'

India	4–0	Kyrgyzstan
Sandhiya 18', 57' Tamang 25' Gour 85'	Report

Second round

The draw for the second round of the qualifiers was held at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 18 May 2023. For the second round, the twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four. The teams were seeded according to the March 2023 FIFA World Rankings, with North Korea unranked due to inactivity.

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the third round.
• (H): Qualification second round group hosts

Group A

• All matches were held in Perth, Australia. Due to strong demand, the second match day venue was moved to the larger Perth Stadium.
• Times listed are UTC+8.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Third round
2	Philippines	3	2	0	1	5	9	−4	6
3	Iran	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Chinese Taipei	1–4	Philippines
Hsu Yi-yun 47'	Report	Bolden 54' (pen.), 83' Guillou 61' C. McDaniel 90'

Australia	2–0	Iran
Carpenter 19' Kerr 78'	Report

Philippines	0–8	Australia
	Report	Fowler 15' Kerr 19', 45+2', 46' Foord 30', 34', 56' Wheeler 72'

Iran	0–0	Chinese Taipei
	Report

Philippines	1–0	Iran
Annis 19'	Report

Australia	3–0	Chinese Taipei
Fowler 62' Kerr 68' Yallop 76'	Report

Group B

• All matches were held in Xiamen, China.
• Times listed are UTC+8.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Korea	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Third round
2	South Korea	3	1	2	0	11	2	+9	5
3	China (H)	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Thailand	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

South Korea	10–1	Thailand
Phair 33', 56', 66' Chun Ga-ram 36', 49', 75' Kang Chae-rim 39', 54' Lee Geum-min 68' Moon Mi-ra 72'	Report	Moondong 90+3'

China	1–2	North Korea
Yan Jinjin 51'	Report	Sung Hyang-sim 4' Han Jin-hong 76'

North Korea	0–0	South Korea
	Report

Thailand	0–3	China
	Report	Yan Jinjin 15' Chen Qiaozhu 68' Wurigumula 80'

Thailand	0–7	North Korea
	Report	Kim Kyong-yong 22', 27', 59' Sung Hyang-sim 24' Kim Jong-sim 80' Ri Hak 86' Ju Hyo-sim 89'

China	1–1	South Korea
Wang Shanshan 78'	Report	Shim Seo-yeon 62'

Group C

• All matches were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• Times listed are UTC+5.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Third round
2	Uzbekistan (H)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Vietnam	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	India	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Japan	7–0	India
Nakashima 17', 46' Hayashi 53' Tanaka 54' Moriya 56' Seike 73' Naomoto 81'	Report

Vietnam	0–1	Uzbekistan
	Report	Khabibullaeva 30'

India	1–3	Vietnam
Sandhiya 80'	Report	Huỳnh Như 4' Trần Thị Hải Linh 22' Phạm Hải Yến 73'

Uzbekistan	0–2	Japan
	Report	Minami 10' Chiba 15'

Japan	2–0	Vietnam
Shimizu 40' Moriya 53'	Report

Uzbekistan	3–0	India
Kudratova 2' Karachik 51', 83'	Report

Ranking of group runners-up

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Uzbekistan	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Third round
2	A	Philippines	3	2	0	1	5	9	−4	6
3	B	South Korea	3	1	2	0	11	2	+9	5

Third round

The third round featured the three group winners (Australia, North Korea, Japan) and best group runners-up (Uzbekistan) from the second round. The third round winners, Australia and Japan, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics as the two AFC representatives.

Combinations of matches

The specific match-ups depended on the group from which the best runners-up qualified.

Teams qualified for the third round

Group	Winners	Best runners-up
A	Australia	—
B	North Korea	—
C	Japan	Uzbekistan

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uzbekistan	0–13	Australia	0–3	0–10
North Korea	1–2	Japan	0–0	1–2

Matches

Uzbekistan	0–3	Australia
	Report	Heyman 74' Fowler 84' Foord 86'

Australia	10–0	Uzbekistan
Asadova 1' (o.g.) Heyman 4', 8', 16', 45+3' Torpey 22' Fowler 36' Foord 38' Raso 68' Sayer 90+4'	Report

Australia won 13–0 on aggregate.

North Korea	0–0	Japan
	Report

Japan	2–1	North Korea
Takahashi 26' Fujino 76'	Report	Kim Hye-yong 81'

Japan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

The following two teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in France.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics
Australia	28 February 2024	4 (2000, 2004, 2016, 2020)
Japan	28 February 2024	5 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2020)

Notes

Italic indicates hosts for that year.

1. ^ Australia qualified as a member of the OFC in 2000 and 2004.

Goalscorers

There were 183 goals scored in 46 matches, for an average of 3.98 goals per match.

9 goals

• Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva

5 goals

• Caitlin Foord
• Michelle Heyman
• Sam Kerr
• Sarina Bolden

4 goals

• Mary Fowler
• Kim Kyong-yong
• Chandler McDaniel
• Lyudmila Karachik
• Phạm Hải Yến

3 goals

• Namgyel Dema
• Hsu Yi-yun
• Sandhiya Ranganathan
• Anju Tamang
• Chun Ga-ram
• Casey Phair
• Jiraporn Mongkoldee
• Nilufar Kudratova
• Huỳnh Như

2 goals

• Yan Jinjin
• Chang Su-hsin
• Ting Chi
• Renu Gour
• Miyabi Moriya
• Yoshino Nakashima
• Maysa Jbarah
• Lili Iskandar
• Pilar Khoury
• Narmandakh Namuunaa
• Sung Hyang-sim
• Tahnai Annis
• Quinley Quezada
• Meryll Serrano
• Kang Chae-rim
• Saowalak Pengngam
• Maftuna Shoyimova
• Umida Zoirova

1 goal

• Ellie Carpenter
• Hayley Raso
• Amy Sayer
• Kaitlyn Torpey
• Clare Wheeler
• Tameka Yallop
• Jamyang Choden
• Sunita Rai
• Chen Qiaozhu
• Wang Shanshan
• Wurigumula
• Wang Hsiang-huei
• Wu Kai-ching
• Chu Po Yan
• Lau Yun Yi
• Sin Chung Yee
• Halasan Tsang
• Hemam Shilky Devi
• Soumya Guguloth
• Afsaneh Chatrenoor
• Negin Zandi
• Remina Chiba
• Aoba Fujino
• Honoka Hayashi
• Moeka Minami
• Hikaru Naomoto
• Kiko Seike
• Risa Shimizu
• Hana Takahashi
• Mina Tanaka
• Sarah Abu-Sabbah
• Ayah Al-Majali
• Yara Bou Rada
• Christy Maalouf
• Win Theingi Tun
• Sabitra Bhandari
• Han Jin-hong
• Ju Hyo-sim
• Kim Jong-sim
• Ri Hak
• Zahmena Malik
• Maya Alcantara
• Carleigh Frilles
• Katrina Guillou
• Sofia Harrison
• Hali Long
• Eva Madarang
• Izzati Rosni
• Danelle Tan
• Lee Geum-min
• Moon Mi-ra
• Shim Seo-yeon
• Pattaranan Aupachai
• Panittha Jeeratanapavibul
• Orawan Keereesuwannakul
• Rinyaphat Moondong
• Nutwadee Pram-nak
• Ploychompoo Somnuek
• Pluemjai Sontisawat
• Orapin Waenngoen
• Godelivia
• Nilda
• Ilvina Ablyakimova
• Nafisa Nabiqulova
• Aziza Norboeva
• Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
• Trần Thị Hải Linh
• Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nhã

1 own goal

• Remini Chere (against Chinese Taipei)
• Nekubakht Khudododova (against Hong Kong)
• Dilrabo Asadova (against Australia)

See also

• 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup (AFC qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament)

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External links

• Women's Olympic Games, the-AFC.com

• AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
• Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification